Re: conditional insert

From: Achilleas Mantzios <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: conditional insert
Date: 2011-09-05 09:45:13
Message-ID: 201109051245.13591.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com
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Στις Monday 05 September 2011 12:38:34 ο/η Pau Marc Muñoz Torres έγραψε:
> Hi follk
>
> i trying to performe a conditional insert into a table, indeed, what i'm
> trying to do is not insert a record into the table if that record exist
>

thats why primary/unique keys are for.

isolate the columns which you consider to be a correct unique key
and create a unique key on them.

thereis no notion of conditional insert that i know of.

> googleling i found something like
>
> insert into XX values (1,2,3) where not exist (select ....);
>
> but i'm having and error near where...
>
> anyone knows how do i can perfome this insert?
>
> thanks
>
> p
>

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Achilleas Mantzios

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